Comments on: The Seamheads.com Wayback Machine http://seamheads.com/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/ Wed, 23 May 2012 23:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 John Lease Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:21:49 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/#comment-4649 That's an easy one. I listened to it on the radio but didn't go to the greatest game I've ever heard. I don't know the exact date, but it was a Pirates/Phillies game in Pittsburgh in 1979. John Milner hit a pinch hit grandslam in the bottom of the ninth to win it, and was carried off the field by his teammates. It was one of the happiest moments of my life, and I was pulling weeds during the game. It'd be worth a lot to me to just see any game again with my dad, or my mom.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4649','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4649','John Lease','That\'s an easy one. I listened to it on the radio but didn\'t go to the greatest game I\'ve ever heard. I don\'t know the exact date, but it was a Pirates\/Phillies game in Pittsburgh in 1979. John Milner hit a pinch hit grandslam in the bottom of the ninth to win it, and was carried off the field by his teammates. It was one of the happiest moments of my life, and I was pulling weeds during the game.\r\n\r\nIt\'d be worth a lot to me to just see any game again with my dad, or my mom.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> That’s an easy one. I listened to it on the radio but didn’t go to the greatest game I’ve ever heard. I don’t know the exact date, but it was a Pirates/Phillies game in Pittsburgh in 1979. John Milner hit a pinch hit grandslam in the bottom of the ninth to win it, and was carried off the field by his teammates. It was one of the happiest moments of my life, and I was pulling weeds during the game.

It’d be worth a lot to me to just see any game again with my dad, or my mom.

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]]> By: Random http://seamheads.com/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-4647 Random Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:12:22 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/#comment-4647 For me, it'd be 5/5/25, the Tigers at the Browns, the day Ty Cobb decided to prove that "anybody could hit home runs", and proceeded to go 6 for 6 with 3 home runs. (And 2 the next day.) From http://www.tycobb.org/bio2.html: "After enduring several years of seeing his fame and notoriety usurped by Ruth, Cobb decided that he was going to show that anybody could hit home runs if he chose to. On May 5, 1925, Cobb began a two-game hitting spree better than any even Ruth had unleashed. He was sitting in the dugout talking to a reporter and told him that, for the first time in his career, he was going to swing for the fences. That day, Cobb went 6 for 6, with two singles, a double, and three home runs. His 16 total bases set a new AL record. The next day he had three more hits, two of which were home runs. His single his first time up gave him 9 consecutive hits over three games. His five homers in two games tied the record set by Cap Anson of the old Chicago NL team in 1884. Cobb wanted to show that he could hit home runs when he wanted, but simply chose not to do so. At the end of the series, 38-year-old Cobb had gone 12 for 19 with 29 total bases, and then went happily back to bunting and hitting-and-running."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4647','Random'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4647','Random','For me, it\'d be 5\/5\/25, the Tigers at the Browns, the day Ty Cobb decided to prove that \"anybody could hit home runs\", and proceeded to go 6 for 6 with 3 home runs. (And 2 the next day.)\r\n\r\nFrom http:\/\/www.tycobb.org\/bio2.html:\r\n\r\n\"After enduring several years of seeing his fame and notoriety usurped by Ruth, Cobb decided that he was going to show that anybody could hit home runs if he chose to. On May 5, 1925, Cobb began a two-game hitting spree better than any even Ruth had unleashed. He was sitting in the dugout talking to a reporter and told him that, for the first time in his career, he was going to swing for the fences. That day, Cobb went 6 for 6, with two singles, a double, and three home runs. His 16 total bases set a new AL record. The next day he had three more hits, two of which were home runs. His single his first time up gave him 9 consecutive hits over three games. His five homers in two games tied the record set by Cap Anson of the old Chicago NL team in 1884. Cobb wanted to show that he could hit home runs when he wanted, but simply chose not to do so. At the end of the series, 38-year-old Cobb had gone 12 for 19 with 29 total bases, and then went happily back to bunting and hitting-and-running.\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> For me, it’d be 5/5/25, the Tigers at the Browns, the day Ty Cobb decided to prove that “anybody could hit home runs”, and proceeded to go 6 for 6 with 3 home runs. (And 2 the next day.)

From http://www.tycobb.org/bio2.html:

“After enduring several years of seeing his fame and notoriety usurped by Ruth, Cobb decided that he was going to show that anybody could hit home runs if he chose to. On May 5, 1925, Cobb began a two-game hitting spree better than any even Ruth had unleashed. He was sitting in the dugout talking to a reporter and told him that, for the first time in his career, he was going to swing for the fences. That day, Cobb went 6 for 6, with two singles, a double, and three home runs. His 16 total bases set a new AL record. The next day he had three more hits, two of which were home runs. His single his first time up gave him 9 consecutive hits over three games. His five homers in two games tied the record set by Cap Anson of the old Chicago NL team in 1884. Cobb wanted to show that he could hit home runs when he wanted, but simply chose not to do so. At the end of the series, 38-year-old Cobb had gone 12 for 19 with 29 total bases, and then went happily back to bunting and hitting-and-running.”

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]]> By: Dan Crivello http://seamheads.com/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 Dan Crivello Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:36:39 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/#comment-4631 I'd love to have seen any or all of Matty's shutouts during the 1905 World Series. My favorite player at his absolute best.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4631','Dan Crivello'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4631','Dan Crivello','I\'d love to have seen any or all of Matty\'s shutouts during the 1905 World Series. My favorite player at his absolute best.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’d love to have seen any or all of Matty’s shutouts during the 1905 World Series. My favorite player at his absolute best.
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]]> By: Justin Murphy http://seamheads.com/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-4628 Justin Murphy Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:02:16 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/#comment-4628 I think I'd pick game 7 of the 1960 WS, not only for the Maz home run but to see a young Roberto Clemente. Or, how about watching a game between Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War? Wow.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4628','Justin Murphy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4628','Justin Murphy','I think I\'d pick game 7 of the 1960 WS, not only for the Maz home run but to see a young Roberto Clemente. Or, how about watching a game between Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War? Wow.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think I’d pick game 7 of the 1960 WS, not only for the Maz home run but to see a young Roberto Clemente. Or, how about watching a game between Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War? Wow.
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]]> By: Bob R. http://seamheads.com/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-4627 Bob R. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:00:24 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/12/21/the-seamheadscom-wayback-machine/#comment-4627 How about attending the game at Elysian Field in Hoboken in 1846? (Or was it 1845?)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4627','Bob R.'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4627','Bob R.','How about attending the game at Elysian Field in Hoboken in 1846? (Or was it 1845?)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> How about attending the game at Elysian Field in Hoboken in 1846? (Or was it 1845?)
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